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hold-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
hold-scipe, es; m.

Loyalty, fealty, allegiance

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Loyalty, fealty, allegiance Eallra ðæra manna land hí fordydon ðe wǽron innan ðæs cynges holdscipe they destroyed the lands of all those men that were in allegiance to the king, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 15. Sægdon ðæt hí hit dyden for ðes mynstres holdscipe

holm-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
holm-ærn, es; n.

A sea-house, vessel, ship

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A sea-house, vessel, ship Holmærna mǽst earc Noes, Cd. 71; Th. 85, 30; Gen. 1422

holm-clif

(n.)
Grammar
holm-clif, es; n.

A sea-cliff, cliff by the water-side

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A sea-cliff, cliff by the water-side On, fram ðam holmclife [the holm is the lake where Grendel dwelt ], Beo. Th. 2846, 3274; B. 1421, 1635. Se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde he who had to guard the sea-cliffs, 465; B. 230

holm-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
holm-mægen, es; n.

The might of the ocean, the ocean

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The might of the ocean, the ocean, Exon. 101 a; Th. 382, 10; Rä. 3, 9

holt-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
holt-wudu, a; m.

a wood;silva, nemus,wood from a holt, forest-wood; lignum,

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a wood; silva, nemus, Beo. Th. 2743; B. 1369: Exon. 58 a; Th. 209, 16; Ph. 171. wood from a holt, forest-wood; lignum, Beo. Th. 4669; B. 2340: Rood Kmbl. 179; Kr. 91

holm-weard

(n.)
Grammar
holm-weard, es; m.

One who keeps guard at sea, a sea-warder

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One who keeps guard at sea, a sea-warder, Andr. Kmbl. 718; An. 359

holm-weg

(n.)
Grammar
holm-weg, es; m.

A way over the sea

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A way over the sea, Andr. Kmbl. 764; An. 382

holm-wylm

(n.)
Grammar
holm-wylm, es; m.

The surge of the sea

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The surge of the sea, Beo. Th. 4814; B. 2411

holm-weall

(n.)
Grammar
holm-weall, es; m.

A wall formed by the sea

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A wall formed by the sea, Cd. 166; Th. 207, 16; Exod. 467

hopp-scýte

(n.)
Grammar
hopp-scýte, an; f.

A coverlet [?]

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A coverlet [?] Ic geann ánes beddreáfes mid wahhryfte and mid hoppscýtan, Chart. Th. 529, 12

hóh

Grammar
hóh, (applied to land).
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Hóg, III, 4. Tó ðám hó ; of ðám hó á be wuda tó ðám æsc, C. D. iii. 79, 9-10. Tó micle hóh ; fram micle hóhe tó middelhille, 71, 33. On Healdenes hó; of dǽm hó, vi. 100, 10.

holm-þracu

(n.)
Grammar
holm-þracu, g. -þræce; f.

The violence of the sea, the tossing of the waves, the ocean,

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The violence of the sea, the tossing of the waves, the ocean, Andr. Kmbl. 933; An. 467. Ðú geworhtest heofon and eorþan and holmþræce thou didst make heaven and earth and the sea with its tossing waves. Elen. Kmbl. 1453; El. 728; Exon. 17b; Th. 42, 25

dim-hofe

(n.)
Grammar
dim-hofe, dym-hofe, an; f.
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A lurking-place, hiding-place; latĭbŭlum, lātēbra He gesette þýstru dymhofan oððe dymnes oððe behýdednesse his pŏsuit tenĕbras latĭbŭlum suum, Ps. Lamb. 17, 12. Dimhofan latēbræ, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 21. Dimhofum latĭbŭlis, Mone B. 85. Gregorius on

Linked entries: dym-hefe hofe

drync-horn

(n.)
Grammar
drync-horn, drynce-horn, es; n.
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A drinking-horn Ic ann Æþelwerdæ ánæs gerǽnodes drincæhornæs, Cht. Th. 555, 6. Cf. drinc-horn

leþer-hose

Grammar
leþer-hose, leþer-hosu ?. l. leþer-hosu, and add: — Leberhosa ocreae uel
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tibiales, Wülck. Gl. 125, 31

gár-holt

(n.)
Grammar
gár-holt, es; n. [holt lignum]

A javelin-shaftjavelinhastæ lignumhasta

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A javelin-shaft, javelin; hastæ lignum, hasta Ðæt ic ðé to geóce gárholt bere that I may bear the javelin-shaft for thy succour, Beo. Th. 3673; B. 1834

hord-burh

(n.)
Grammar
hord-burh, -burg, e; f.

A city containing treasure,

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A city containing treasure, Cd. 93; Th. 121, 9; Gen. 2007: Beo. Th. 938; B. 467

hóf

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Befealdende hófringas (= hóf-hringas) hófum inplicans orbes orbibus (Ald. 2, 36), An. Ox. 19. Add

-hóf

(suffix)

Similar entry: be-hóf

hol

(n.)
Grammar
hol, a covering.
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Mt. L. 5, 18 has stæfes heáfod. Add